GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: THE FULL 32

Nicholas McGee NFL

Welcome to Gridiron’s final power ranking of the 2024 NFL regular season, featuring — for the first time — all 32 teams. Who comes out on top after 18 weeks of competition? Is the worst team in the league the one that will be picking first in April’s Draft? And how are the 14 playoff teams stacking up?   GRIDIRON POWER …

GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 15

Nicholas McGee NFL

Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 15 power ranking where the major players continue to jostle for top spot in the countdown to Christmas.   GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 15 1. Detroit Lions (12-1) +1 A couple of 50-50 calls may have gone in the Lions’ direction in their thrilling win over the Packers last Thursday, but with a relentless offense and …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 15

Neil Dutton NFL

Bye weeks are a thing of the past as all 32 NFL teams knuckle down for the final four games of their 2024 campaign. For many, the season is lost and all that matters now is pride (or possibly draft position, depending on the mindset) but, for the rest, the playoffs remain on the horizon, with all important seedings and, …

Walter Payton Award nominees unveiled

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The NFL has announced the 32 nominees for this year’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide, reflecting the off-the-field endeavours of those better known for their performances between the lines. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award has become the league’s most revered honour, recognising players who excel on the field and demonstrate …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 14

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Five weeks remain in the 2024 NFL regular season and the playoff spots are slowly filling up, but whether there’s a lot of football still to be played remains a subjective argument with some teams probably needing more time to ensure that they can join Kansas City and Buffalo in the postseason. Week 14 is the latest point at which …

GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 13

Nicholas McGee NFL

Welcome to Gridiron’s Week 13 power ranking as the season moves into the Thanksgiving weekend with one of its holiday stalwarts in top spot. GRIDIRON POWER RANKINGS: WEEK 13 1 Detroit Lions (10-1) = Another comfortable win over mediocre opposition suggests that the Lions have another gear to hit if needed, even if this week’s Thanksgiving match up with Chicago …

Rooney Award nominees out as Pro Bowl vote opens

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Thirty-two players have been nominated for the eleventh annual Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, the winner of which will be determined in the build-up to this year’s NFL Pro Bowl. Created in 2014, the award honours the late Art Rooney Sr., founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers and now resident in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Each NFL team nominates a …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 12

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For only the second time since 1970, six teams enter Week 12 on a winning streak of four-or-more games, although some of the names might be a little different from 2017. Detroit (eight consecutive wins), Buffalo (six), Philadelphia (six), Pittsburgh (five), Arizona (four) and the Los Angeles Chargers (four) are all on a run that hints at playoff potential and, …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 11

Craig Llewellyn NFL

Week 10 was one of the worst weeks of the 2024 season in terms of offensive output. Teams averaged 1.86 points per drive and threw interceptions at a 2.9% rate, both “good” for the second-worst weeks of the season. But while Week 11 can’t guarantee more explosive play on offense, it promises to be a fascinating week with several key …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 10

Craig Llewellyn NFL

With nine of 18 weeks — and 138 of 272 games completed — the 2024 NFL regular season has edged past its halfway point with the Kansas City Chiefs still clinging the league’s last unbeaten record, having moved to 8-0 with a hard-fought overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football. With the win, the Chiefs became …

NFL Weekend Preview: Week 9

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Week 8 of the 2024 NFL season was a riot of scoring, with 777 points scored across the 16 games. But the theme of the season, namely close games, continued, with 13 of the games within eight points heading into the fourth quarter. Through the first eight weeks of the season, 67 games have been decided by seven points or …

NFL WEEKEND PREVIEW: WEEK 6

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The NFL is ridiculously wide open after five weeks of action in 2024. Two teams are still unbeaten, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings both boasting 5-0 records, but, beyond them, it’s hard to say that there are any truly dominant sides. Six teams that missed the postseason last year have at least three wins this season, and …

This Given Sunday: Rookies struggle in Week 1

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Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels became the eighth quarterback pairing taken with the first two picks of the NFL Draft to start on the opening weekend of their rookie season, but both learned that life in the pro game is vastly different from the college game they graced in 2023. Along with 12th overall selection Bo Nix, who got the …

Four-Day Weekend celebrates NFL kickoff

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The NFL is set to stage its biggest opening weekend ever, with four days of games and global events designed to engage fans worldwide. To excite fans for the start of the season, the NFL recently unveiled its season-long brand campaign for 2024, titled ‘This Is Football Country’. The campaign highlights the passion and community spirit that football cultivates, while …

Eight live games to close NFL preseason coverage

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NFL Network will wrap up its preseason schedule by showing no fewer than eight live games this week, including a double-header on Friday (August 23rd) and a quadruple-header on Saturday (August 24th) as well as re-airs of every game played over the three-day period. The schedule kicks off in the early hours of Friday when the reigning Super Bowl champion …

NFL expands Global Markets Programme

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The National Football League has further expanded its Global Markets Programme, with four new clubs and five new markets set to participate in 2024, following approval from the International Committee at the league’s annual meeting in Orlando. First launched in 2022, the Global Markets Programme awards NFL clubs international marketing rights to build brand awareness and fandom beyond the U.S., …

On Repeat

Matthew Sherry NFL

This article originally appeared in Issue VI of Gridiron magazine, back in 2014 – for individual editions or subscriptions, click HERE “The first meeting that we’ll have will be tomorrow. So it starts tomorrow. Our guys would be surprised if we didn’t [repeat]. We really have an eye on what’s coming. And that we don’t dwell on what just happened, …

Draft Analysis 2020: NFC

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As the smoke clears on the first ever virtual NFL Player Selection Meeting, we grade each NFC team on the strength of their acquisitions. NFC EAST Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy got outstanding value all the way through this draft. CeeDee Lamb was just too good to pass up in R1, whilst Trevon Diggs and Reggie Robinson should …

Iron Mike’s Big Dance Memories

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Looking back at Super Bowls is like reviewing my adult life. I remember the first clearly, Pete Rozelle’s NFL-AFL World Championship Game – Lamar Hunt wouldn’t christen it the Super Bowl until the second year – even though I wasn’t yet a rebellious child of the Sixties; I rooted for the Green Bay Packers’ triumph over the trash-talking Chiefs and, …

Bringin’ back the BOOM?

Matthew Sherry NFL

At the Sheraton Hotel, a Russell Wilson pass from Times Square, Pete Carroll strolled into a conference room the morning after the night before. Bleary eyes betrayed the party that followed the Seattle Seahawks’ complete and utter domination of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII, a performance so complete the D-word was already being used liberally. And Carroll, standing …

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Football Firsts

Craig Llewellyn NFL

Some of the NFL’s finest spoke to Gridiron at the Pro Bowl, here recalling their earliest football memories…. For regular video content from Matt and the rest of the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel

Gridiron Quiz – Wild Card Weekend

Craig Llewellyn NFL

It might be tough after a couple of late nights, but test your powers of recall following Wild Card weekend…. Test yourself with the latest Gridiron Quiz, brought to you in association with Walkabout Bars… Just hit the link and play! For more quizzes, competitions and games, including our weekly Pick ‘Em contest, head over to the PLAY section of …

Pick Six: Wild Card Weekend

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There are many different ways to claim a championship. You can win the title game like New England did in 2016, with the help of a catastrophic implosion by your opponent. You could just get lucky and find yourself playing a Super Bowl against the Bills. Or you can be like KEVIN JACKSON, who sealed his Pick Six regular season …

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Pick Six Video: Wild Card Weekend

Paolo Bandini NFL

With a fresh competition for the playoffs, Paolo talks you through his wild card selections in the SkyBet Pick Six contest… For regular video content from Paolo and the rest of the Gridiron team, subscribe to our YouTube channel